Intestinal worm infection in school children and use of living water resource and latrine
- Author:
Bui Thi Loc
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Intestinal worm;
Children;
Living water;
Latrine;
Infection;
- MeSH:
Helminths;
Child;
Water
- From:Journal of Malaria and parasite diseases Control
2003;0(4):75-81
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
In 2004-2005, 414 childrend's stool samples collected in three pilot communes in the mountainous district of A Luoi, Thua thien - Hue province were examined. The cumulative intestinal worm infection was found to be 66.18%, of which Ascaris lumbricoides. Trichuris trichuria, Hookworm and mixed infection with two or three species of worn were 54.11%, 13.04%, 36.47%, and 28.26%, respectively. In the survey conducted in 21 communes and towns of this district, the rate of hygienic latrine was 60.33%. The coverage of hygienic latrine was low (0.51 hygienic latrine per household), on average, one per 10 persons. The available latrines are mainly open-ground holes ( 61.28%) and self filtered - water treated ones ( 21.71 %). 71.87% of the households used hygienic water, of which 36.64% used water supply and filterd water, 41.40% used well water and 24% used spring water. It is recommended to urgently carry out appropriate measures concerning the latrine and local domestic water to control the intestinal worm infection in children
